Savchenko admitted the use of wine during the hunger strike

22.08.2016

Hope Savchenko, which is already more than two weeks on hunger strike in protest against the inaction of the Ukrainian authoritiesadmitted that occasionally consumes alcohol. A few days ago she went to a dinner party in the United States.

“On the water, without food. Well, I can taste some wine and all” – quoted Savchenko, the Ukrainian edition of “Vesti” with reference to the Ukrainian American Media.

The MP also noted that relatives of prisoners who had refused food, has stopped the action.

At the end of last week it became known that Savchenko arrived on an official visit to the US and had to take part in a dinner party, which invited and Odessa Governor Mikhail Saakashvili. The cost of the invitations for the guests was 250 dollars.

In early August, Savchenko declared a hunger strike, demanding from the authorities to expedite the return home of soldiers in captivity by the militias of the breakaway republics of Donbass.

Recall that the exchange of prisoners provides “a Complex of measures to implement the Minsk agreements” signed in February last year, the heads of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine.